jmcquown > wrote:
>Ferrante wrote:
>> I'm almost afraid to ask this, but has anyone substituted bacon bits
>> in place of frying bacon when making Spaghetti Carbonara?
>>
>> If so, how did it taste?
>> Mark Anthony Ferrante
>
>I haven't, but if you use "real" bacon bits (rather than soy substitute like
>Bac-O's) that might work. The real ones work on top of baked potatoes,
>that's the only way I've tried them.

I've had expensive restaurants send out carbonara with no
meat on them at all, so bacon bits would have been welcome.

I'd say it's as okay as using bacon instead of Pancetta.

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